A PS4 Thread: Because You Had to Play "Knack"

"uncanny loneliness" a great coinage for that particular videogame feeling. tomb raider 1 had this in spades.

Borderlands 3 is tough to stomach after the Randy Pitchfork shitshow

metroid series is another ‘uncanny loneliness’ simulator

And Dark Souls.

Far cry 2 is the only entry in that series that one should try to play the others yeah you can play the most recent or whichever theme seems fun I guess primal or whatever they’re all the same w different skins

So just curious, why that one? Because others say Far Cry 3 is the best, others say 4 a big step down, some say 5 is a fun return to form ... what's shifting between sequels to make one better than the other if they are all fundamentally the same?

different people like different settings and characters and stories i think thats all there really is to it.

But the gameplay is more or less the same, just the stories and graphics and stuff change from version to version? Like, for example, people seem to like Dark Souls 2 the least of the three (and Bloodborne), but as far as I can tell that's because they messed with the gameplay, right? So you're saying the gameplay of all the Far Cry games is more or less the same, but some people prefer one story or setting over the other? Just wondering, I've not played any of the Far Cry games.

far cry 2 is not like the other ones - much more immersive experience. the others are all more or less iterative tho, but that particular entry stands out.

I read someone else observe that Far Cry 1/2/3 are all pretty different from one another, but Far Cry 3/4/5 are all kind of the same idea. Eh, I'll file 3 (which overwhelmingly seems the One To Get) in the pile of potential games I don't need now but that know I can always pick up for $15 or less

why isn't there a decent letterboxd clone for video games yet...

I played Shadow a bit and after two bosses was completely bored by it.

That's as far as I have gotten so far. I kind of assume it is the same thing over and over again, with different big creatures, but at least the game looks pretty good. And I think I paid $12 for it.

the pretty goodness per $ quotient is off the charts!

how do you feel about old country buffet

I think the graphics are pretty cool, it almost looks exactly like real food.

Far Cry Primal is pretty different from the main series but seems forgotten now. It's the only one that interested me. I guess Horizon ZD and maybe Monster Hunter sort of made it obsolete? Anyone play that one? I've only watched vidyas.

I played Shadow a bit and after two bosses was completely bored by it.

:(

keep going!!

I bought a cheap copy of Horizon, people seem to love that one.

I certainly love HZD.

Kojima (or some other human) is apparently going to show 80 minutes of gameplay for Death Stranding next week.

80 minutes of pissing

Long Pissman

I played Shadow a bit and after two bosses was completely bored by it.

:(

keep going!!

I did the third boss! Right index finger was tired from holding R2 down.

afaict that's pretty much the game.

whateverrrr you guys haven't even beat avion yet, gtfoh

The bird? I beat the bird.

I think I'm to the water boss.

Anyone played Blasphemous yet? Looks like it might scratch that Hollow Knight itch until the sequel comes out

I almost pulled the trigger for it on the Switch yesterday, but I have a pretty big backlog and (speak of the devil) I find Hollow Knight (for only $15!) just sets the bar so high. Like, I'm going to buy Blasphemous eventually, but it's a head-scratcher whenever I read reviews that call it "gorgeous" or whatever, because by the standard of Hollow Knight all the pixel stuff is just so (imo) underwhelming. But yeah, reviews are generally very positive.

I'm a sucker for Souls-like mystique (which Hollow Knight delivered as well) so that's a good selling point also.

The artwork / design does look pretty awesome and very different from the usual 'vania-clone

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49662096

shocked-pikachu.jpg

also O and X were chosen to indicate yes and no for menus etc but then American devs flipped them for whatever reason

easy way to remember:

X marks the spot that you want to press to go forward, O means nOOOO!

Plague Tale is 40% off right now, very tempted to get it now.

In the meantime, I bought Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Is anyone here playing Control? Keep seeing a lot of comments about it and I'm wondering if I should investigate

Mentioned here: whatchu playing now

A lot of frame drop issues for PS4 (both base and Pro) but the recent patch seems to have fixed the worst of it, from what I've read.

Yeah, I was looking forward to it, then heard about the performance issues on even the Pro, then heard the patch fixed them, but was going to wait for a Black Friday sale or something. (Also waiting on a bigger discount for A Plague Tale, as far as newer games I've heard good things about go.)

excited for whatever this is

pic.twitter.com/P8tPxf1j3X

— Wario64 (@Wario64) September 24, 2019

I've started A Plague Tale, and if you were wondering, yes, you can pet the dog.

People say Borderlands 3 is "more borderlands" but it's definitely worse than 2 in many respects.

In what way? I love B2 but have a game backlog and haven't picked up B3 (also because Randy Pitchford sucks)

Extremely clunky, laggy, etc. The writing is worse than ever. It's trying to be a Destiny clone and not doing a good job of it. Etc.

Still fun when you're blowing fools away but the rest of it is in poor shape.

That's a bummer.

The new character classes are pretty sweet.

as expected

PlayStation 5 launches holiday 2020: https://t.co/VuaxUVoBaR #PS5 pic.twitter.com/MPkKyRaHio

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) October 8, 2019

14 months! and nothing exclusive for probably another year after that? feeling ok tbh

yeah ps4 will get stuff until like 2022, even later for JRPGs

i assume that big samurai game is gonna be a crossgen launch title botw style given it doesn't have a release date still